Multiple states support lawsuit challenging Trump’s latest attempt to limit immigration

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Multiple states are supporting a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s Health Insurance Proclamation, his latest attempt to limit immigration.

On Wednesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that they are leading a coalition that filed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit against the federal government. The coalition is composed of 22 state attorneys general across the country.

Pres. Trump issued the Health Insurance Proclamation on October 4, 2019. The proclamation will prohibit people from entering into the United States if they cannot prove their ability to pay for health insurance.

The proclamation will apply to people seeking family-based immigrant visas including spouses of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs), children of LPRs who are 18-21 years old, children under 18 if travelling with a parent who is also immigrating; adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens and LPRs.

It will also apply to people with diversity visas or employment-based immigrant visas; some religious workers, and parents of U.S. citizens who cannot show that their health care will not impose a substantial burden on the U.S. health care system.

States argue that Trump’s Health Insurance Proclamation is unlawful

In the amicus brief, the coalition argued that the President’s Health Insurance Proclamation is an illegal attempt to impose immigration restriction that is contrary to the laws enacted by Congress including the Affordable Care Act (ACA).